Welcome

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech), through its Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), and The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (The Huntington) have partnered as leaders in bringing interdisciplinary research to the humanities through the Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC).

The CHHC program is organized around an ongoing series of ambitious and targeted interdisciplinary research projects–or thematic research "modules"–developed and coordinated by a small group of Caltech faculty members and Huntington residential research fellows. The modules run for two years, linking workshops, conferences, visiting faculty, and fellowship and postdoctoral appointments across both institutions. Learn more about the CHHC program here.

The 2016–2018 CHHC module, titled “Violence and Order Past and Present,” studies the various roles that violence has played in political and social order, as well as the possible norms and cultural attitudes that have governed its use. Read more about the Violence and Order module here.

Jennifer Jahner, assistant professor of English and co-director of the current “Violence and Order” research module, talks about her research and the Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations in an interview for the Caltech Break Through campaign. Read more here.

Susanna Throop, associate professor of history at Ursinus College, visits Caltech and The Huntington this spring as part of the Violence and Order research module of the Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC). Read more here.